VentureBeat reports that Roku has raised another $8 million in funding, with an interesting Gogle investor joining the round: Roku confirmed the round and its lead investors Globespan Capital Partners and Menlo Ventures. Also listed on the form was Robert Kyncl, vice president of TV and film en...

Over the past 2 years I have become increasingly annoyed with Netflix.
I started with 4 disks at a time, but since they have started getting new titles 30 days after release, offer new blurays at a trickle, only offer subtitles & 5.1 and HD on a limited basis, I am now down to 1 disk at a time. I will be ending that when the rates go up.
As soon as there are better alternatives to their streaming service, hulu + is a great start, Amazon will be offering streaming to all eventually,I am dropping Netflix at the 1st opportunity.

DVD's only and no blu-rays. Well at least they are being honest about not providing blu-rays, unlike their dvd w-bluray plans where they charge you more for blu-rays they are unable to deliver.
No blurays makes this so called hi-tech company a bastion of Luddites.
Netflix does not or cannot reliably stream, and don't say it's my connection, I am on FIOS.
And as far as Bob Shank's email goes, as they say, there is no fool like an old fool.

Ryan Lawler at NewTeeVee reports that Netflix is offering a $7.99 per month DVD-only plan that does not include streaming. You can see the new plan at dvd.netflix.com, and it's an interesting option for customers not interested in streaming. This plan is different than the $4.99 DVD-only plan th...

I am giving up on Roku products and buying the WD Live Plus and recommending it to my friends.
It now supports 5.1 and subtitles.
I am tired of waiting for Netflix and Roku to get off their corporate butts and implement this.
Netflix has been saying "it's coming" for 2 years and several calls to Roku customer service showed them to be completely clueless about this.

Engadget noticed new 3 new Roku Player models going through the FCC approval process, so now we have a pretty good idea idea as to what's coming. First off, the new models are more rounded and much smaller than their predecessors. Judging by the label affixed to the underside -- which we know i...

Nic Peterson 9 the fool.
Netflix and Roku have been sitting on their collective asses regarding CC and subtitles
for years now.
Great to see someone taking control of this.
Now Netflix can get off it's ass and walk to court.
Better late than never.

Digial Journal reports that the National Association of the Deaf has filed a federal lawsuit against Netflix for not providing captions for all streaming titles. “We have tried for years to persuade Netflix to do the right thing and provide equal access to all content across all platforms. They...

Dan Rayburn from The Business of Online Video posted his seminar on Netflix-ready devices from the Streaming Media Conference. Rayburn compares the Apple TV, Roku, Xbox, Boxee, Google TV, and more. The takeaway from my presentation is that Apple TV is the weakest box on the market today and the...